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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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