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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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