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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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