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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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