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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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