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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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