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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important 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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