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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key 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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