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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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