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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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