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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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