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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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