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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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