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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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