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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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