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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational ventures. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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