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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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