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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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