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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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