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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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