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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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