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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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