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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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