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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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