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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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