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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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