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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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