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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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