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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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