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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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