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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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