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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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