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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major 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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