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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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