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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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