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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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