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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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