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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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