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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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