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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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