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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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