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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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