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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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