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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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