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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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