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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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