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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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