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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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