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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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