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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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