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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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