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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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