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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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