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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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