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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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