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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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