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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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