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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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