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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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