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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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