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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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