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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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