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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. 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 online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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