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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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