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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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