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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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