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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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