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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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