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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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