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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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