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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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