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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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