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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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