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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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