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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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