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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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