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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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