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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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