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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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