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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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