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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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