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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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