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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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