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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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