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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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