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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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