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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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