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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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