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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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