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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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