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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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