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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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