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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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