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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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