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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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