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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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