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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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