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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part 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 MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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