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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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