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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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