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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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