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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about 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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