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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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