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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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