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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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