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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants 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. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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