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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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