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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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