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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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