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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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