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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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