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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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