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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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