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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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