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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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