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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key 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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