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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free 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 online learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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