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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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