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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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