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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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