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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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