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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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