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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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