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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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