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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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