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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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