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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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