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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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