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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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