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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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