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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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