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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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