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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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