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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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