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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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