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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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