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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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