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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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