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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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