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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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