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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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