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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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