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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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