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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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