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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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