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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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