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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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