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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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