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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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