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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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