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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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