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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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