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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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