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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in 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. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to understand these important new open educational ventures. People want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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