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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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