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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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