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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning enable people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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