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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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