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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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