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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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