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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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