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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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