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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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