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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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