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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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