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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants 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 massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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