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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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