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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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