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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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