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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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