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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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