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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the amazing 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 amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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