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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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