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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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