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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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