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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the definitive 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 sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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