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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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