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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. People want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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