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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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