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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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