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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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