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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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