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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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