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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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