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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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