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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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