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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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