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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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