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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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