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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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