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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes 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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