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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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