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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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