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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews 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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