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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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