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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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