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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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