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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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