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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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