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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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