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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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