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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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