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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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