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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key 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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