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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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