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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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