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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Malaysia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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