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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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