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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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