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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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