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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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