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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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