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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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