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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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