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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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