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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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