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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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