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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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