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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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