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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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