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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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