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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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