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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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