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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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