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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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