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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. 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 ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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