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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kenya to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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