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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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