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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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