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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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