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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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