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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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