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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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