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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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