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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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