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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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