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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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