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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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