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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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