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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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