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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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