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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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