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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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