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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative 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 definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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