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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses 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. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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