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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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