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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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