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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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