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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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