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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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