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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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