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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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