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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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