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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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