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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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