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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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