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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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