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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand 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 resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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