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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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