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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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