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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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