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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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