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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews 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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