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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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