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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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