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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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