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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in 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. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mauritania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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