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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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