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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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