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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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