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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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