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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online learning enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. 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 typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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