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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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