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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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