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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants 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 ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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