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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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