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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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