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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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