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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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