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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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