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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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