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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts 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 subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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