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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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