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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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