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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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