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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education