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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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