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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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