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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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