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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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