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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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