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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education are empowering students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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