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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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