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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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