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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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