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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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