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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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