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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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