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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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