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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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