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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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