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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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