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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. 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 massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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