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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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