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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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