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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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