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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the most important 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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