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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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