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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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