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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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