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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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