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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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