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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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