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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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