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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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