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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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