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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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