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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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