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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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