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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education make it possible for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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