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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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