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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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