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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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