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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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