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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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