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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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