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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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