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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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