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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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