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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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