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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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