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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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