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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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