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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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