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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning 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 we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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