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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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