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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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