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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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