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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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