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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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