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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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