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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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