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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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