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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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