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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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