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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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