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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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