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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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