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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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