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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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