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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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