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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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