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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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