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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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