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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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