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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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