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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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