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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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