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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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