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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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