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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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