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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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