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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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