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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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