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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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