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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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