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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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