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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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