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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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