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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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