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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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