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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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