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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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