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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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