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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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