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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning are enabling students all around 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 online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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