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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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