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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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