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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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