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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 (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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