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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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