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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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