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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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