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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also addresses the 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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