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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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