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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like San Marino to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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