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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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