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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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