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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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