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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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