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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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