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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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