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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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