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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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