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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the sensational 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 exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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