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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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