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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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