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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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