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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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