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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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