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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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