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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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