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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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