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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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