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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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