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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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