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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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