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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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