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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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