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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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