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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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