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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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