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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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