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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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