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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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