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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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