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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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