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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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