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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Micronesia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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