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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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