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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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