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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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