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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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