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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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