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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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