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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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