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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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