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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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