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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to understand these open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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