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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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