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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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