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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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