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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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