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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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