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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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