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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates 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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