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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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