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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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