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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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