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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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