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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in 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 MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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