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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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