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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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