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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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