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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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