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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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