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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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