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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled learners 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. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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