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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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