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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand 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 education topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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