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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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