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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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