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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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