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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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