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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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