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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major 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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