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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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