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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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