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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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