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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes 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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