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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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