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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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