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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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