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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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