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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes 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. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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