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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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