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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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