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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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