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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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