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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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