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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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