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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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