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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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