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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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