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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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