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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire 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 topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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