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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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