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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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