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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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