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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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