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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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