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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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