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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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