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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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