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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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