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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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