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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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