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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling humans all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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