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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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