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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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