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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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