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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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