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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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