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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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