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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire 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 stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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