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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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