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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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