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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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