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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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