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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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