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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses 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 massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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