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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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