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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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