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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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