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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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