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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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