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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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