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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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