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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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