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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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