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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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