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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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